Let them Eat Cake, 2016

Gayle Forman

Balanced Meal, 2013

Video, Blown and Cast Glass, Fabric

Exhibition Location: UrbanGlass

At the Agnes Varis Art Center647 Fulton StreetBrooklyn, NY 11217

There are few mediums like glass, which can capture the magnificence of light. Lavish craftsmanship layered with rich color is easily devoured. However any type of extravagance can soon become gluttony. Let Them Eat Cake, contemplates the innate beauty of the glass medium and our insatiable appetites as humans. Curated by Kimberly McKinnis, this exhibition attempts to create a conversation about human desire and the delicate balance between decadence and degradation, featuring artists using glass to explore excess, ego, voyeurism and overconsumption while pushing the limits of ornamentation. Do we indulge along with the artists’ innate desire to adorn, or are we called to a higher morality?